Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mid States Packaging Inc., 12163 State Route 274, LEWISTOWN, OHIO 43333
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On September 15, 2017, an employee was loading a core into the pinch rollers on a C-line when the employee's right arm was pulled into the pinch rollers.
On February 26, 2015, an employee suffered severe injuries while operating the A-line machine. The employee's hand and arm were pulled into the pinch rollers during operation.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 322221)
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On August 10, 2023, at approximately 6:45 PM, a maintenance employee was replacing a cover on an electric motor when the motor assembly dropped to the floor, crushing the employee's right little finger and amputating the fingertip.
An employee was performing maintenance on a sheeter. He had pried up a steel access plate and was lifting it when it slipped and fell on his left middle finger. The finger was pinched against the floor, and part of the fingernail and fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
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On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
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